TRADITIONAL DISHES AND FOODS IN PALENCIA AND ITS REGION

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TRADITIONALDISHES AND FOODS IN PALENCIA AND ITS
REGION
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INDEX

• Pigeon chicks
• Cold meat
• Black pudding
• Vegetable mix
• Baby lamb
• Manchego style cheese
• Garlic soup
• Potato omelette

Cellars
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BABY CHURRO LAMB

• (LECHAZO)

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• Baby Churro lamb is the most typical baby lamb
  in the area.
• This Churro race is black-eyed, with thin legs
  and short wool.

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• Its meat is very tender.
• The tastiest way of cooking it is to roast it
  in a wood fire oven.

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COLD MEAT

• (EMBUTIDO)

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PRODUCTS

• PORK
• Red sausage
• Cured ham

• OTHERS
• Cecina

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PORK

• Pork provides many Spanish products, such as
• - Chorizo (red sausage)
• - Jamón serrano (cured ham)

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CHORIZO

• A very spicy pork sausage.

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JAMÓN SERRANO( CURED HAM)

• The majority of Serrano hams are made from the
  Landrace breed of white pig.
• There are better categories of cured ham, which
  are classified according to preparation, breed,
  pre-slaughter diet and region

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CECINA

• Cecina is also popular. Its made from horse
  meat or beef meat.

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BLACK PUDDING

• (MORCILLA)

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MORCILLA

• Its made from blood, onion and rice.

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CELLARS

• (BODEGAS)

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CELLARS

• They are usually underground and used for keeping
  wine and also many traditional products.

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GARLIC SOUP

• (SOPAS DE AJO)

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HISTORY

• In the past it was only the typical lunch of
  farmers which enabled them to use the bread from
  the day before.
• There are many ways of cooking it. People used to
  make it in a big clay pot.
• This is just one way of preparing garlic soup.

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Ingredients

• Water.
• Day old bread.
• Garlic.
• Sweet paprika.
• 1 or ½ chopped tomato.

• Chopped red pepper.
• Olive oil.
• 1 egg
• Some cured ham (optional)

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First step

• In a mortar, crush some garlic (a clove), add
  paprika, some oil, and a little warm water and
  mix it

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Second step

• In a casserole heat water, bring it to the boil
  and add chopped tomato, chopped red pepper,
  sliced bread and the mixture from the mortar.

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Third step

• Stir it from time to time and let it simmer
  for 20 or 30 minutes.
• And it is ready
• to eat!!!!

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MANCHEGO CHEESE

• (QUESO MANCHEGO)

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MANCHEGO STYLE CHEESE

• The shape of this cheese is very characteristic.
  Mainly made from sheeps milk. Sometimes cows
  milk or mixed.

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POTATO OMELETTE

• (TORTILLA DE PATATA)

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POTATO OMELETTE
Its a typical food of Spain. Its ingredients
are -Potatoes -5 or
6 eggs -Oil
-Salt -Onion (optional)
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How to prepare
-Peel and slice the potatoes -Gently
fry then in hot oil in a frying pan until its
almost soft (you can add some onion
(optional) and shake the pan from time to time
-Drain the potatoes in a colander
-Beat the eggs in a bowl -Add the potatoes
into the eggs, mix well and season with salt
-Put some oil in the frying pan .When heated
pour the potatoes and eggs and shake the frying
pan from time to time -When the omelette
is cooked on one side, turn it over with a flat
plate -Gently slide the omelette back
into the frying pan and continue frying it
-Put it on a plate and ITS READY TO EAT!!!!!
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Peel and slice the potatoes
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Ready to EAT
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FRESH VEGETABLE MIX

• (MENESTRA)

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FRESH VEGETABLE MIX(MENESTRA)
It is cooked with different
fresh vegetables grown in vegetable gardens in
Palencia
-Carrots -Green Beans -Peas
-Mushrooms
-Artichoke
-Sparragus
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PIGEON CHICKS

• (PICHONES)

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STEWED PIGEON CHICKS/YOUNG PIGEONS
In Spanish we call them Palominos o Pichones
This dish is related to a traditional clay
construction in Tierra de Campos(Land of Fields)
called pigeon lofts(palomares). They always
stand outside the villages. Their shape is
usually cylindrical with holes for nesting
pigeons. In the past they provided fresh meat
and droppings.
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